Trees
Across
- 4. Back from the brink
- 5. Pretty, pale, a symbol of purity
- 6. Gnarled, year-round leaf cover
- 10. Drooping branches of soft needles
- 12. Pleasant smelling, antiseptic, highly flammable
- 14. Stately, aromatic, gigantic
- 16. CHERRY Beautiful blossom, red fruits
- 18. Catkins resembling lambs tails
- 19. Roasted winter treat
Down
- 1. Queen of British trees
- 2. Tart, tangy and crisp. The fruit
- 3. Familiar, romantic, sticky
- 7. The ruling majesty of the woods
- 8. Swamp-dweller, water-lover
- 9. Bane of witches, diviner of the future
- 11. Trembling, fluttering and shimmering
- 13. Ancient, morbid, toxic
- 15. Fir, not just for Christmas
- 16. Food of the gods, medicine for the people
- 17. Conifer favourite with squirrels, birds